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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Sorry for this break once again. :S Don't think it's intentionally but a students life is busy while the exams last. Please be patient, i finish this Tuesday and hopefully be posting again from then onwards Thank you, Rayco.

San Juan 07

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

San Juan

Don't get alarmed tonight, if the entire island seems to be submerged in chaos with bonfires everywhere. We are neither under attack nor have been hit by a meteor shower. :P ;) If you don't have nothing to do tonight, i higly recomend you wherever you are on the isle, but specially those near to the Playa del Inlges (San Bartolomé) and the Canteras (Las Palmas) beaches to visit these beaches around 12:00 PM. Like every year in june, normally coinciding with days around the summer solstice, the night of the 23rd to 24th, we celebrate "San Juan". In this peculiar festivity there is a large fireworks spectacle and people make huge bonfires almost everywhere but the bigest are seen at the beaches. This was originally made to "strengthen the sun", since the days will get shorter every day until the winter solstice. You should witness ...

More info

Monday, May 21st, 2007
I got good news for you. One of these days i'll finish uploading all the info on the main page on appartments and homes to rent, hotels, cottages, etc... here on Gran Canaria. When i have everything uploaded i'll post again with all the main links, but i think you'll find it very interesting to have a look at its' content. Stay tuned for the upcoming info.

Weather

Sunday, May 20th, 2007
The last three days, you might've noticed a thick grey cloud layer above us. That what we have to deal with due to being a miniature continent. After a sunny hot week it's now all cloudy as if it was deep winter. The national institute of meteorology has predicted more clouds and possibly rain for tomorrow with temperatures between 17º and 24º degrees. Leave your speedos and bikinis at home, it's time not to sunbath ;)
Posted by klopapier

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Sunny weather, sad consecuences

Saturday, May 12th, 2007
This last few days, have been extremely hot and sunny. The 'Calima' striked us once again this week bringing, apart from the sticky hot air, its usual lack of any other weather phenomenon. Unfortunately this brings, not only beach mood, but also an inmense 'wave' of illegal immigrants who take advantage of this weather condition to make try their way to us. Yesterday, the astonishing number of 241 subsaharian immigrants arrived at Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife, intercepted by Sea Rescue and the 'Guardia Civil'. Today, a new 'cayuco', the type boat they travel in, was intercepted on its way to Tenerife with 101 immigrants on board, raising the whole number of subsaharian immigrants to 342 in less then 48 hours. Really sad :( . How bad has their life to be over there to risk their lifes and savings over and over again, knowing their possibility of getting caught is almost 95%.
Posted by klopapier

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